[ARC5] Help Needed

[Taigh Ramey]

Good for you Clare. Santa does exist!


> On Nov 24, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joel,
> 
> Last March at an estate auction I was able to buy a Very nice BC-348R that
> had been fixed up and converted to AC by a real craftsman, the retired
> chief engineer from station WBT.  It came with what is apparently the
> dynamotor from which the filter box for the AC supply was taken, a
> DM-28-J.  It has some rust on the outside of the frame but the labels and
> the interior are nice.  The guy even left the four mounting screws in the
> mounting bracket.  I cleaned and regreased the bearings in March and it
> sounded and ran OK then but not perfectly.  When I saw your email yesterday
> I went over to the shelf, got the dyno and tried it out.  It sounded too
> noisy so I cleaned the bearings again this morning and regreased it.  Now
> it sounds like a normal WW II dynamotor (well, except for the SCR-522
> dynos, whose sound is like music to my ears - but that's another story) and
> produces 225V with 24.5V @ .75A input, no load.
> 
> To make this long story short, send me your address and I'll pack up the
> dynamotor and send it to you, no charge.  I'll never use it and you will so
> it belongs with you.  Early Black Friday gift.
> 
> Clare  N2RJB
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Joel R Roberts <joelroberts001 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings everyone, and happy Holidays. I was recently given a BC-348-R
>> that looks to be internally intact, but is of course missing the Dynamotor
>> and Filter assembly, and also the metal case. Does anyone know where I can
>> find the values for the two filter chokes in the assembly? As every one of
>> the complete Dynamotor/Filter assembly's are scarce, and those we
>> occasionally see on the bay are quickly driven out of my price range,
>> similar to the Modulator/Dynamotor sets that a lot of us need, I am going
>> to build up a substitute using the manuals and schematics that I currently
>> have. If anyone has an extra case or knows the value of the chokes, let me
>> know. I really appreciate the help. Thanks and 73's to all,,,,,,,Joel
>> KB0FPT
>> 
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